List of speakers of the Australian House of Representatives

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Below is a list of speakers of the Australian House of Representatives .

The parties shown are those to which the speakers belonged at the time they held office.

List

No.NamePortraitPartyStateTerm of officeComments
1Sir Frederick Holder Frederick Holder - Mendelssohn & Co (cropped).jpg Independent South Australia 9 May 190123 July 1909Resigned from Free Trade Party upon election as speaker. Died in office.
2Dr Carty Salmon Carty Salmon - Speaker of the House 02 (cropped).jpg Liberal Victoria 28 July 190919 February 1910
3 Charles McDonald Charles McDonald - Swiss Studios (cropped).jpg Labor Queensland 1 July 191023 April 1913First time in role.
4Sir Elliot Johnson Elliot Johnson - Melba & Co (cropped).jpg Liberal New South Wales 9 July 191330 July 1914First time in role.
(3) Charles McDonald Charles McDonald - Swiss Studios (cropped).jpg Labor Queensland 8 October 191426 March 1917Second time in role. First Speaker to serve multiple terms.
(4)Sir Elliot Johnson Elliot Johnson - Melba & Co (cropped).jpg Nationalist New South Wales 14 June 19176 November 1922Second time in role. Most recent Speaker to serve multiple terms.
5 William Watt William Watt (cropped).jpg Nationalist Victoria 28 February 19233 October 1925First former government minister to become Speaker.
6Sir Littleton Groom Littleton Groom 1928.jpg Nationalist Queensland 13 January 192616 September 1929Defeated in his own seat.
7 Norman Makin Norman Makin 1928 (cropped).jpg Labor South Australia 20 November 192927 November 1931
8 George Mackay Portrait of G. H. Mackay (cropped).jpg United Australia Queensland 17 February 19327 August 1934
9Sir George John Bell George John Bell 1938 (cropped).jpg United Australia Tasmania 23 October 193427 August 1940
10 Walter Nairn Walter Nairn.jpg United Australia Western Australia 20 November 194021 June 1943Remained as speaker following the mid-term fall of the Fadden minority government in 1941, until defeated in his own seat at the 1943 election.
11 Sol Rosevear Sol Rosevear.jpg Labor New South Wales 22 June 194331 October 1949
12 Archie Cameron Archiecameron.jpg Liberal South Australia 22 February 19509 August 1956Died in office.
13Sir John "Jack" McLeay JohnMcLeaySr1962.jpg Liberal South Australia 29 August 195631 October 1966
14Sir William Aston William Aston 1963.jpg Liberal New South Wales 21 February 19672 November 1972Defeated in his own seat.
15 Jim Cope Jim Cope 1970 (cropped).jpg Labor New South Wales 27 February 197327 February 1975Resigned after the Whitlam government refused to support his naming of the Minister for Labour and Immigration, Clyde Cameron.
16 Gordon Scholes Gordon Scholes HD-SC-98-07512.jpg Labor Victoria 27 February 197511 November 1975
17Sir Billy Snedden Billy Snedden 1973 (1).jpg Liberal Victoria 17 February 19764 February 1983
18Dr Harry Jenkins Sr. Harry Jenkins 1974 (cropped).jpg Labor Victoria 21 April 198320 December 1985First Speaker whose son was a later Speaker.
19 Joan Child Speaker Joan Child.jpg Labor Victoria 11 February 198628 August 1989First female Speaker.
20 Leo McLeay No image.svg Labor New South Wales 29 August 19898 February 1993
21 Stephen Martin No image.svg Labor New South Wales 4 May 199329 January 1996
22 Bob Halverson No image.svg Liberal Victoria 30 April 19963 March 1998
23 Ian Sinclair Ian Sinclair 1970 (cropped).jpg National New South Wales 4 March 199831 August 1998
24 Neil Andrew Neil Andrew 2019 Federal Election Volunteer (cropped).jpg Liberal South Australia 10 November 199831 August 2004
25 David Hawker No image.svg Liberal Victoria 16 November 200417 October 2007
26 Harry Jenkins Jr. Harry Jenkins.jpg Labor Victoria 12 February 200824 November 2011 [1] First Speaker whose father was a Speaker.
27 Peter Slipper Peter Slipper.jpg Independent Queensland 24 November 2011 [2] 9 October 2012 [2] Resigned from the Liberal National Party the day after his election as Speaker. Resigned the speakership in the midst of court proceedings. First independent Speaker since Frederick Holder.
28 Anna Burke Anna Burke.jpg Labor Victoria 9 October 2012 [3] 5 August 2013
29 Bronwyn Bishop Bronwyn Bishop - Flickr - Eva Rinaldi Celebrity and Live Music Photographer (1).jpg Liberal New South Wales 12 November 20132 August 2015First non-Labor female Speaker (third overall). Stood down after public outcry about profligate use of taxpayer funded travel benefits. [4] [5] [6]
30 Tony Smith Tony Smith March 2017 cropped.jpg Liberal Victoria 10 August 201523 November 2021
31 Andrew Wallace Andrew Wallace.png Liberal Queensland 23 November 202126 July 2022
32 Milton Dick Milton Dick Inala Police Look to the Stars (cropped).jpg Labor Queensland 26 July 2022Incumbent

References

  1. "Biography for Jenkins, Henry (Harry) Alfred". Australian Parliamentary Library. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Slipper, Peter Neil, (the Hon)". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
  3. "Biography for Burke, Anna Elizabeth". Australian Parliamentary Library. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
  4. Crowe, David (2 August 2015). "Bronwyn Bishop resigns, PM launches review of entitlements". The Australian . Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  5. "Bronwyn Bishop resigns as Speaker; Tony Abbott announces review of entitlements system". ABC News . Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2 August 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  6. "Standing by Bronwyn Bishop: How Tony Abbott's stubbornness could have prompted his second brush with political death". Sydney Morning Herald. 3 August 2015.